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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Albany - BPCLC members met today over breakfast to discuss several
issues connected to ensuring quality, accessible reproductive health
care in New York State. Danielle Castaldi-Micca, Director of Political and Government Affairs at the National Institute for Reproductive Health, and Katharine Bodde, Policy Counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union gave a status report on the Reproductive Health Act pending in the Legislature.

Caucus Members also heard from Erika Christensen and Garin Marshall, who were forced to travel to Colorado to obtain a medically necessary abortion at 24 weeks due to shortcomings in current New York State law.

Attendees at the breakfast included State Legislators, members of Concerned Clergy for Choice, Catholics for Choice, the Women's Bar Association, and representatives of Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts, NIRH, and NYCLU.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Albany - Today more than 1,500 reproductive rights advocates, patients, and supporters from around the state met in Albanyfor the Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts Annual Day of Action. They advocated for greater protections for reproductive rights and contraceptive access here in New York State while Congress continues their assault on women’s health on the national level.

The BPCLC maintains that New York State must be a bold leader, not just by defending the status quo, but by raising the bar on access to reproductive health care. The Senate must pass the Reproductive Health Act and the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act, already passed by the Assembly, and protect the vital services Planned Parenthood provides, so that all New Yorkers can have the freedom to make responsible decisions for themselves and their families.

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Albany -Today the Governor announced regulatory actions taken by the state Department of Financial Services on contraceptive access and to require health insurance coverage of medically necessary abortions without co-pays.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Thank you to Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and all of our Assemblymembers who passed the Reproductive Health Act(A1748 Glick/S2796 Krueger, Stewart-Cousins) and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act(A1378 Cahill/S3668 Bonacic). Once again, our Assemblymembers have demonstrated that they understand what’s at stake with an anti-choice Congress and White House that have pledged to repeal the ACA, defund Planned Parenthood, and appoint anti-choice Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Sunday, October 16, 2016

New York - Today marked Planned Parenthood’s 100-year anniversary. Planned Parenthood traces its origins to Brooklyn, New York, where it was founded on the revolutionary idea that women should have the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives and fulfill their dreams. Planned Parenthood grew into a national organization working to ensure access to reproductive health services for all people, regardless of income, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity.

BPCLC Co-Chair Senator Liz Krueger attended their anniversary celebration and presented them with a proclamation on behalf of the BPCLC.

Saturday, October 1, 2016

New York - The women legislators in theBPCLC have submitted commentsin support of the Obama administration’s proposed amendment of regulations to the Title X Family Planning Program. The amendment would ensure that states provide fair access to family planning services and stop playing politics with women’s health.

States receive the federal funding to distribute to health care providers to ensure that low-income people can access critical services like cancer screenings, contraceptives, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and to reduce maternal mortality. Many states have restricted access to this funding from providers like Planned Parenthood that also provide abortions -- even when these providers are in the best position to deliver the family planning services. As a result, low-income women and people of color suffer the most.